A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery is set to honour one of the most pivotal decades in pop music – the 60s.
Opening with Cliff Richard in the charts and the legal battle to get ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ published, the 60s ended with enormous changes to the world. A new generation emerged conscious of class divisions and the need to preserve the environment.
The tumultuous changes in the world’s social fabric were marked by some of the finest artists to have emerged from 20th century music. Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and more remain icons, having changed the way the world thinks about pop music.
A new exhibition aims to showcase a series of rare photographs which document some of the decade’s biggest icons. Hosted by London’s National Portrait Gallery the new exhibition contains some never seen before prints.
Amongst the acts in ‘The Beatles To Bowie: The 60s Exposed’ are some of the biggest artists from the decade. Amongst the 150 photos are pop-art legends The Who, golden oldie Cliff Richard, Jimi Hendrix, The Kinks and more.
In a statement the gallery promised that over one hundred photographs in the exhibition will be previously unseen. Helmed by Terence Pepper – the gallery’s Curator Of Photographs – the exhibition is due to open on October 15th.
Running until January 24th ‘The Beatles To Bowie: The 60s Exposed’ will be free to the public. The National Portrait Gallery is no stranger to the world of pop, with an exhibition on Dylan’s 1966 tour currently on show.
